is a kind of whitefish suspected of carry- ing a parasite deleterious to health and of being therefore inadmissible to the country. Two actions were before the court, en titled, respective- ly, "D .S. vs. 288 Boxes of Tullibee (Sigurdson Fisheries, Claimant)" and "D .S. vs. 188 Boxes of Tullibee (Sigurdson Fisheries, Claimant)." Judge Coleman presided. Assistan t District Attorney de Koven repre- sen ted the D .S. Mr. J. J. Weinblatt represen ted the tullibee (Sigurdson Fisheries, Claimant). The two actions were tried together. There was wide interest in the proceedings because when the tullibee were seized, the en- tire fish-importing industry arose as one man, or as five thousand men, and pro- tested vociferously. The trial proceeded conventionally until the Court interrupted one of the witnesses to ask him a question. The witness was, at the moment, in the midst of an impassioned speech on the harmlessness of the tullibee. What the Court asked was this: "Would you eat one of them yourself?" The witness didn't answer this orally, but instead made a motion to Mr. We in blatt, who hurriedly passed up a tullibee weighing two pounds. The witness seized this and ate several hearty mouthfuls, hand- ing the fish back to counsel. The Court (to recording secretary).: Make a note that witness did not eat whole fish. At this, the witness recovered the fish and proceeded to devour it all, except the bones and tail, which he re- turned to counsel. The Court: Make a note that witness seems unwilling to eat tail. Mr. Weinblatt, who had sat down, smiling happily and confidently, leaped to his feet and gave the remains back to his witness, who proceed- ed to eat the tail. Mr. Weinblatt then went into a long oration in which he said that the tullibee, even fresh, was harmless. The Court interrupted to ask if the witness would consider eating a raw fish. Counsel submitted, with feel- 10 , -.... "'-........ ,.;/ ---.-.... . ._ .-. VLV ""' ,.""r _ 'i:..'r'-' ..":. '*: , ÃI' 4! ,.,, 4Þ" , , - j '.,,-,;' ' I 1.Q/.'/// , .' ,.,1:,. I'" \ ;:, ,i'7 "v I ,!iM", , \ 'III' . Irj ,:,' I, I .", ! JJ I ff ,/1, it ing, that his witness never ate raw fish, that it was unheard of in a civilized country, that only cannibals ate raw fish. The Court: Make a note that the witness seems unwilling to eat raw fish. Counsel looked baffled. The wit- ness looked anguished. The specta- tors all looked hopeful. After a few seconds of desperate consideration, counsel picked up a raw fish from among the exhibits and firmly handed it to the witness. The witness squared his shoulders. At this point, compas- sion descended upon the bench. "Make a note," said the Court, "that the wit- ness is willing to eat the fish, even when raw." The witness was allowed to descend from the stand, filled with fish and pride. The Court reserved decision. T lze Mimic A FRISKY and specially gifted young gentleman up at Yale has been entertaining himself and friends this year by doing imitations; mostly of professors, naturally. The youth is es- pecially adept at aping one law profes- sor given to odd gestures and intona- tions and to explaining complicated points by even more complicated di- agrams and penciled charts. The gen- eral consensus is that this imitation gets the professor to a "T," and it's rather l J 1J 1- V CC-fi JANUARY 28. 1 33 famous in the dormitories. Recently the student had been beginning to think that it was too famous, and that fear flowered abruptly last week when he got a summons from the dean of the Law School. No explanations, just a summons. He entered the dean's office trembling, to find that official with his head in his hands staring down at his desk. After a while the dean looked up. "Oh," he said, "it's you. Young man, I'm very tired. I'm worn out, dispirited, almost discouraged. Do Professor R for me." The young man gathered himself and did Professor R He de- parted, leaving the dean laughing and ready, apparently, to carryon. Phony Food M R. HENRY TER LINDEN (small "1" is correct) spends his time making imitation food. It's a good business. He displays samples of up- ward of two hundred different items of fake edibles in his shop in Brooklyn. You can get an imitation slice of bread for a quarter, a leg of lamb for four dollars. His products are made of wax and painted. He boasts that you can't tell them from the real thing until you touch them, or try to eat them. He has a staff of three men who mold the wax and a lady artist who does the 1 "My wife had 1Jze arrested one night last week."